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Last spring he moved to Washington with his second wife and their two-year-old daughter, took an apartment in the Kennedy-Warren apartment hotel and set to work in an office in the Hurley-Wright building overlooking the Washington Monument. It is so small that it will not hold more than three people comfortably. It has no clock because Harry Hopkins does not want to know how late he works. Frequently he skips lunch altogether. Last week New York's Mayor LaGuardia and the New York State Relief Director called on him. Since they had no time for lunch...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: RELIEF: Professional Giver | 2/19/1934 | See Source »

...lawyer-businessman Secretary Hurley has made money. He pulled the wildcatting Gililland Oil Co. out of bankruptcy, sold it to Standard Oil for a $3,500,000 profit. He is part owner of the Hurley-Wright Building (U. S. Railroad Administration) in Washington, of apartment houses in Tulsa...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: National Affairs: Hurley of War | 12/16/1929 | See Source »

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